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Islamist
an orthodox Muslim
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Jihadist
a Muslim who is involved in a jihad
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Shi'ite, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim, Shiite, Shiite Muslim
a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
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Sunni, Sunni Muslim, Sunnite
a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad
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Moor
one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
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assassin
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
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begum
a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
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calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
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fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
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hakeem, hakim
a Muslim physician
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hakim
a Muslim ruler or governor or judge
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imam, imaum
(Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
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mujahid
a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad
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mujtihad
an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts
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Mollah, Mulla, Mullah
a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque
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Muslimah
a Muslim woman
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Saracen
(historically) a Muslim who opposed the Crusades
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Sufi
a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran
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Wahabi, Wahhabi
a member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam
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dervish
an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
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niqaabi
an observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family
